Sparkly Green and Purple Party Eyes! :-)

Hi ladies,

Its been so long since I did a make up look, and I'm going out for a meal and drinks with some friends from uni tonight so I thought I'd be a little more adventurous with my makeup and share it with you all! :-)

I am going to wear a purple dress so I went for a sparkly purple and green smokey look. I think purple and green are two colour which can look really fab together especially if the green is a really vibrant emerald colour.



I'm really pleased with how this turned out, its colourful and eye catching but not too over the top :-)

To create this look I used :

• Number 7 stay perfect eye base


• BarryM fine glitter dust in number 9


• Purple and green eye shadows from the original sleek palette


• Number 7 metallic eye pencil in purple (upper and lower lash line)


• Loreal voluminous mascara


• Mac all that glitters eye shadow (tiny bit in the inner corner)

I've been using the purple eye liner from number 7 quite a bit lately, Its alot softer than the dark brown and black eye liners I normally use and that extra bit of colour seems to make my eyes look brighter and more awake!

Speak Soon!

Eyes of the day with a twist :-)

Hi girlies!

So I thought I'd do a quick eyes of the day post, today I used my sleek graphite palette to create a toned down smokey eye using black and grey eye shadows, suitable for daytime - I just felt like jazzing up my make-up a bit today! However, as a bit of a challenge, I decided to apply my makeup using only the spongey applicator which comes inside the sleek palettes this is how I got on :


Not to bad really I don't think! I just used the different sides of the applicator for my light and dark shadows, used the other end to blend and blended a little more with my finger tip. I wanted to do this to show that if you don't have alot of makeup brushes you can still create a fab smokey eye, with what is available to you. I'll definately use the sponge applicator again!

As you can see although I have quite a lot of eyeshadow on my lid, it wasn't too overpowering when I had my eye open. I was really pleased with the way this turned out, I would never normally wear grey/black shadows during the day but this actually went with my outfit really nicely!

I took this photo once I had got home (around 4pm) after applying my make-up at 8 this morning - these shadows have such great staying power! I also used the too-faced herbal eye concealer as a base, loreal voluminous mascara and mac powerpoint eyeliner in the colour carbon :-)

Speak Soon!

DaisyBee xxx

New Tag : Top three products for under £5

Hi girls!

So I thought I'd start a new tag and it is your top three products which cost less than £5 each, one haircare, one skincare and one makeup! I thought it'd be interesting to find out which products people really love which don't cost too many pennies! I've tried to mention products which I havn't mentioned on my blog before so its not too boring! So, I'll get the ball rolling! :-)

First up - Haircare

My top haircare item for under £10 has to be the vitapointe leave in hair conditioner which is an absolute bargain at only £1.99 from boots!

This is something which my mum had used when she was a teenager and recommended to me as I have long hair which can sometimes get quite dry on the ends. You just take a pea sized amount and smooth it into your hair after you've dryed it and it leaves it feeling healthier and looking glossier! I always keep this in my handbag!

Skincare

My skincare must have is atrixo enriched moisturising hand cream which costs around £1.79 for 50ml

I've tried quite a few high end hand creams but this is the one I always reach for, it leaves my hands feeling soft, soothed and moisturised all day long. I also sometimes pop it on problem dry areas like my elbows and it works a treat - I love it!

and finally - Makeup

My make-up item has to be the sleek palettes, they're such great value! (£4.88 for 12 gorgeous colours!) here is the newest addition to my sleek family - the graphite palette.

I know I ramble on about these palettes all the time but the colours are fabulous and such great quality, If ever I have an outfit thats an unusual colour and I want to try and do some makeup to match I know I'll find a colour in one of my sleek palettes!

Right so I hope you enjoyed this tag! I am going to tag some of the blogs I really enjoy reading because I'd love to find out about some bargain products from them! They're all fab blogs and definately worth a visit!

http://peoniesandwaterlilies.blogspot.com/

http://buttonsoph.blogspot.com/

http://lilyloveslola.blogspot.com/

http://sweetcheeks1910.blogspot.com/

http://brandnewbutterflywings.blogspot.com/

http://xxaroosaxx.blogspot.com/

http://juicygirl2906.blogspot.com/

http://cupcakeswithcherries.blogspot.com/

http://girlwiththearabstrap.blogspot.com/

http://daintydollymix.blogspot.com/

http://thisiscaz.blogspot.com/

http://sweetjojoxxx.blogspot.com/

and of course anyone who would like to do this tag! If you do please leave me a comment with a link to it so i can go and read it :-)

Also If you havn't seen already Paula at http://sweetcheeks1910.blogspot.com/ is having a really generous giveaway to celebrate getting 100 followers (congrats Paula!) definately check it out!

Speak Soon!

DaisyBee xxx

Halloween makeup! Zombie inspired eyes :-)

Hi Ladies!

Halloween is just around the corner, and I thought I'd start experimenting with some makeup looks for potential costumes. I am super allergic to face paint so can't go crazy with my halloween looks (I once painted my face blue when dressing up as a smurf - I barely made it out because my face got so hot, red and itchy!) However I don't mind not being able to crack out the face paint too much, as I quite like my halloween makeup to look ''ugly pretty'' (to quote Tyra banks!)

So tonight I decided to try out a green zombie esque look:

I primed my eyes with too faced herbal eye concealer, then used a mixture of shadows from all three of my sleek palettes (original, storm and jewels!) I also used a little of MAC's carbon eyeshadow to line my eyes, an nyc eyeliner in black and lots and lots of loreal voluminous mascara. I used a stencil and a green shadow from my sleek original palette to make my eyebrows a little green too!

As you can see this look is pretty understated as far as halloween makeup goes (if I hadn't done the green eyebrows you could probably get away with this on a regular night out!) However I finished off this look by contouring my cheeks quite heavily with a mixture of green and black shadows (sorry theres no photo of this, I just couldn't get it to come out well in the picture at all now theres no natural light - its about midnight!) I also did a spooky green lip:

and finally I would backcomb my hair (sorry hair!) lots and lots, and maybe add a bit of green hairspray :-) I hope you enjoyed this post! What are you dressing up as this halloween?

Have a lovely weekend!

DaisyBee xxx

New addition to my sleek collection - The Jewels Palette! :-)

Hi ladies! :-)

Like most, I adore my sleek palettes, unfortunately so does my mum and she is forever stealing my storm palette! So the other day I decided to nip into superdrug and treat her to one of her very own (so I don't have to hunt mine down every morning!) Then, after umm-ing and ahh-ing over the ink pots and liners I decided to get myself the jewels palette :-)

I havn't had chance to use the colours yet, but like the other sleek palettes they are super pigmented, smooth and gorgeous! I still can't get over how much of a bargain these palettes are (£4.87 for 12 beautiful colours!) Here are some swatches of my favourite colours:

Let me know if you would like to see some looks using these, and what are your favourite colours from the sleek palettes? I think the storm one is the best for everday eyes but the original and the jewels palettes are fab for nights out!

Speak Soon,

DaisyBee xxx

Eyes Of The Day (using the good old sleek palette again!)

Hi ladies! Hope you're all enjoying X factor and Strictly come dancing! I thought I'd show you the eye makeup I wore for work today, I was wearing my hair up in a scruffy up do so I went for something a little bolder than I usually would go for during the day.

I went for a sort for subtle smokey eye using bronzes and browns from the sleek storm palette (I am still in love with it!) I used my MAC paintpot in indianwood as a base, MAC's powerpoint eyeliner in engraved on my lower lash line with the matt dark brown from the sleek palette over the top to make it look a little sofer and more smokey. Then lots and lots of loreal voluminous mascara. What do you think?

Speak Soon!

DaisyBee xxx

REVIEW : Sleek Eye Drama Mascara

Hi Ladies, So this is a review I've been planning to do for a while, I'm sorry its a little overdue but I wanted to give this product a good try so I could give you a lot of info on it (well as much info as you can give on a mascara!) Right so I'll get cracking, the product in question is the sleek eye drama mascara which I have in number 880 blackout.

I bought mine for around £4.00 from superdrug. There are quite a few sleek mascara's however I don't think they are displayed particularly well, there are no photo's or displays of the actual brushes so I bought this one (mainly as I was attracted to the packaging!) and had no idea what the brush was like at all untill I opened it at home. When I got it open I was a little disappointed to find that the brush was pretty thin and plastic its also very bendy (think maybelline define a lash - the green one!). As the name of the mascara was ''eye drama'' I was expecting a big bristly brush for lots of length and volume (loreal voluminous/benefit bad gal esque). Nevertheless I popped it in my makeup bag for trying the next day.

The next morning my initial impression of the mascara was a massive thumbs down. I found the flexible brush extremely hard to work with and literally ended up getting mascara practically everywhere except on my lashes! The bristles on the brush were not long enough to define my lashes, and the end result was very very clumpy (see my previous post on the simple sleek eye make-up looks and you'll know what I mean!). Now a week on, after using the mascara every day (and resisting opening my shiney new loreal voluminous) I must say I have warmed to it (a little). For me it doesn't really add volume to my lashes but it does add length, and after finally getting to grips with the bendy plastic wand it does define and separate my lashes too (with a little patience). It also dries quite quickly which is a plus.

Overall I'd give this mascara 5/10 and sadly I don't think i'll be repurchasing despite the fantastic price. If you like a sturdy wand and a bristly brush I would probably give this product a miss. However it is by no means the worst mascara I have ever tried, and I will definately be checking out the other sleek mascara's (who can resist at under a fiver!)

Speak soon!

DaisyBee xxx

A Little Haul :-)

Hi Ladies! I hope you're all having a lovely evening, I've just got back from having dinner out with my friend and i'm completely stuffed! I thought i'd share with you a few things I bought yesterday :-) If you would like me to give you a proper review of anything you see here let me know! Right so first up I went to superdrug and picked up one of the new bastiste dry shampoo scents!

So, there are two new scents Diva and Boho. I decided to go for Diva and I love it already! It has a lovely fresh light smell which I really like. I've had both the original and the tropical batistes before and I've found both of them a little heavy (the smell i mean!) even though I love coconut for me tropical is a little too strong, diva is much more my kind of thing and I can definitely recommend it! (it costs around £2). I find dry shampoo to be a really great styling product, it really helps give my hair a little extra volume!

Next up is the sleek goodies pictured below, I got the original palette (I already have storm and have been really impressed with it!) and the eye drama endless lashes mascara.

So first up, the mascara (I think it cost £3.92). My initial thoughts are a thumbs down I'm afraid :-( and this is mainly due to the brush, it is a plastic bendy brush similar to the maybelline define a lash. I find these brushes really hard work and prefer bigger bristley ones like benefit bad lash, stila major major lash and loreal voluminous. However I have only used it today and I am definately going to give it a good try so I will let you all know how I get on with it! The original palette is gorgeous, I adore sleek eyeshadows the pigmentation is amazing, here are a few swatches of my favourties - How gorgeous is the purple!
These palettes are such a bargain too, they cost just under £5. I might even do some looks with these, I can't wait to try out some of the colours!

and finally one little MAC purchase, I finally got my mits on all that glitters eye shadow. I wanted a neutral shimmery shade for my lids when I start back at uni, and I'm really glad I went for this one I love it!

I was quite literally trying to apply this in the car on the way home (I wasn't driving!) its that lovely!

Right thats everything! Let me know if you'd like a more thorough review of anything you've seen!

Speak soon

DaisyBee xxx

P.s has anyone just seen Derren Brown? How did he do that!?